A solo-founded studio building editorial-grade websites for founders, creators, and premium service businesses. Agency-level craft. Two-to-six-week delivery. Everything in your name.
Three ways I build websites.
From a single editorial landing page to a flagship brand rebuild. Sites that load in under two seconds, rank on Google, and signal premium the moment they open. Built on modern frameworks so they stay fast and easy to update for years.
Stuck in a tangle of WordPress plugins, security patches, and hosting lock-in? I migrate you to a modern, client-owned website — cleanly, with every account in your name. URLs preserved. SEO preserved. Hosting bill cut. This is my flagship offer.
Smart lead capture, on-site AI chat trained on your content, semantic search, booking flows, content pipelines, CRM sync. The layer that turns a website from a pretty brochure into a system that actually works for you.
Most client work is under NDA. The site you're on is the public reference build — full case-study links sent on a discovery call.
The studio's own reference build. Spatial editorial engine, custom motion, bespoke type system, hand-tuned grain and ambient lighting, 95+ Lighthouse with full motion enabled, WCAG AA throughout. Built to demonstrate the upper end of what an Atelier engagement looks like.
Plugin-heavy WordPress migrated to a client-owned modern stack. URLs and SEO preserved end-to-end. Hosting bill cut from three figures to ~$20/month. Full account sovereignty transferred at handoff.
Multi-page editorial site for a premium service practice. Custom CMS, lead capture, booking flow, written and trained handoff so the team owns content forever. Full case study and metrics available privately.
✻ On a 30-minute call I'll send two past projects matched to your industry, with metrics and contactable references.
Why this works better than the alternatives.
Five steps. One senior operator the whole way.
Goals, audience, references, and what must be preserved. Paid discovery — $750 to $15,000 depending on complexity. You leave with written scope, fixed price, and a real timeline. 50% credited toward the project if you proceed within 30 days.
Editorial concepts, not wireframes. One or two directions, align on one, refine across two rounds of revisions built into the fee.
Live staging URL, weekly written updates, async-by-default. No radio silence. Calls only when they add value.
DNS cutover, redirect mapping, performance verification, accessibility audit, QA pass. Always Tuesday or Wednesday — never Friday, never pre-holiday.
Written documentation, recorded walkthroughs, training call. You own everything — domain, hosting, code, CMS, analytics. 30–90 days post-launch support included.
Honest pricing. No games. Every project quoted after a paid discovery.
All prices are floors — fixed-fee proposals issued after paid discovery ($750–$15,000, 50% credited to the project). Rush delivery (<50% standard timeline) is +30–50%. Hosting, domains, and third-party software billed separately. Optional monthly care plans from $750/mo. Maintenance retainers up to $10,000+/mo for active sites. Rates in USD.
You might actually have.
Yes — that's the whole point. I set up a client-friendly CMS (usually Sanity, Framer, or Decap depending on your stack) so you can edit text, images, and pages without touching code. Includes documentation and a training session so you're confident making changes.
Always. Domain, hosting, code, CMS, analytics — every account is in your name from day one. I document every login, vendor, and renewal date. You can take the site to another developer tomorrow if you want to. My goal is to make you independent, not dependent.
Projects $5K–$15K: 40% kickoff / 40% staging / 20% handoff. $15K–$50K: 30% / 30% / 25% / 15%. $50K+: custom milestone billing. Discovery and audits are 100% upfront, with 50% credited to the project if you proceed within 30 days. Late or missed payments pause work — no exceptions.
Two revision rounds are built into every project. If you want a third, it's billed at the standard rate ($175/hr standard work, $225/hr complex work). Bigger scope changes get a written change order — you see the price impact and timeline impact before any work happens. No surprise invoices.
Signal: 1–2 weeks. Editorial Lander: 2–3 weeks. Studio: 3–6 weeks. Exodus: 4–8 weeks. Atelier: 6–12 weeks. Timeline depends on access, feedback, and content readiness. Rush delivery is available for a 30–50% premium when calendars allow.
Modern stacks: Next.js, Astro, or Framer for the frontend; Sanity, Framer, or Decap for content; Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, or Render for hosting. No bloated page builders, no plugin dependency. Just fast, clean, maintainable code that doesn't require a developer on retainer.
Most client work is under NDA. This site is the public reference build I can walk through directly. On a 30-minute discovery call I'll send two past projects matched to your industry, with metrics and contactable references. No portfolio link in advance — premium service work isn't shown to anonymous traffic.
The nail-gun principle. A framer with a nail gun builds the same house as one with a hammer — faster, with the same structural judgment. I use modern tools and agentic AI workflows for the repetitive, pattern-heavy parts of a website (boilerplate code, tests, content migration), which frees me to spend more time on design, architecture, performance, and the parts that require human judgment. Same quality. No 15 salaries to feed along the way.
Yes. I'll build from existing designs (Figma, Sketch, or otherwise), collaborate with your marketing team, or operate as a white-label developer for agencies. Clear communication and documented handoffs are part of the deal.
Monthly care plans start at $750/mo (Basic Care, 2 hrs) and ladder up to $1,500/mo (Standard Support, 6 hrs), $4,500/mo (Product Support, 15 hrs), and $10,000+/mo (Strategic Growth, 40 hrs). Or pay hourly at the standard rate. Many clients choose a plan for peace of mind and priority scheduling — but you're never locked in.
Yes — but those are scoped separately from website work. Different process, different pricing, different proposal. If your project needs both a website and an app, we scope them as two engagements. I'll tell you honestly which conversation to have first.
30-minute call. No pressure. You'll leave with a clear sense of scope, timeline, and price — whether you hire me or not.
